Question

I installed visual studio 2010 ultimate and I am trying to download Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express 2008, cause it installed sql server express 2008, but the management studio didnt come with it..

I have got this version:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8961

But when I try to download 2008, every version that I download seems to be corrupt and wont download..

I have windows xp 3, and I want to download a 2008 version, that wont override my sql server express that came with visual studio 2010 ultimate..

it wont open those:
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displayLang=en&id=7593

cause whenever I try to extract it says the file cant open,,extraction failed

the filename directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect

Answer 1

Apparently, a whole lot of people have had this problem for several years now.

There are several years (up to late 2011) of comments and discussion here which seem to resolve the problem.

And this step-by-step article linked there may also help you.

This may be the key from that first article:

The 2008 version of the Management Studio is not a stand alone installation and can only be installed as part of the SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools or Advanced installation.

Like many others, I spent countless hours trying to figure out how to
install the Management Studio for SQL Server 2008 Express – Advanced
installation (same should apply to the w/ Tools version). What
happened in my case was that I installed Visual Studio 2008 Express
and during that process a stripped down “Instance” of SQL Server 2008
was installed that did not include the Management Studio. Through
much pain and torture I learned that the Management Studio can only be
installed during installation of the first instance. To delete that
first instance, you must go to “Add or Remove Programs” and remove
“Microsoft SQL Server 2008″. The removal process will only remove one
instance at a time and if you have installed more than one instance
you need to keep going until all instances have been removed and the
application completely disappears from the Add or Remove Programs”
dialog. Note: You do not need to uninstall any of the other SQL
Server 2008 applications that also appear in the “Add or Remove
Programs” dialog. Then go back through the install process as
follows: Double click on SQLEXPRADV_x86_ENU.exe to load the SQL Server
Installation Center and then go to Installation > New SQL Server
stand-alone installation. Then proceed through all of the
installation steps until you get to “Feature Selection” and click on
“Select All” to toggle on all of the Shared Features, which should
include Management Tools – Basic.Continue the process from there and
you should be good to go. Hopefully this will help others to avoid
much of the pain that many of us have already experienced.